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Abundance (n.) is constituted not by what we have but by what we enjoy.
Death (n.) does not concern us, because as long as we exist, it is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Death (n.) is that which we cannot secure ourselves against. As far as it is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Death (n.) is necessarily without meaning to us, for when we are, death has not come yet, and when death has come, we no longer are.
Enough (n.) is never enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
Justice (n.) is a kind of compact not to harm or be harmed.
Metaphor (n.) is the unpredictable moment during which each atom deviates from its course, creating the opportunity for a chance encounter with another atom. It was only through these 'clinamactic' collisions, Epicurus believed, that change, surprise, and variety entered the world.
Necessity (n.) is an evil thing, but there is no necessity to live beneath the yoke of necessity.
Riches (n.) is not the end of worries, but a change in worries.
Security (n.) is as far as our struggle with death is concerned, akin to living in a city without wall.
Security (n.) is possible to some degree against most ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Self-sufficiency (n.) is the greatest of all wealth.